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Smart devices were supposed to make life better, but constant updates have made them worse

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[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. Usually "smart" means it does what the average person wants. Not that it's customizable at all. Things trying to be smart is what a major portion of my frustrations lie. The other major portion is companies stealing my data.

[–] thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Home assistant is what you are looking for

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Home assistant sounds cool, but I just want to be as manual as possible outside my computer at this point.